Corset and corset-waist.



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I. M. BOND. CORSET AND CORSET WAIST.

APPLICATION FILED HAY 9. 1907.

No4 874,386. PA'I'BN'IED DEG. 24, 1907.

I. M. BOND.

CORSET AND GORSET WAIST.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9.1907.

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i specimen@ of Letters Patent.

Patented. Dec. e4, we?.

Application filed May 9; 1907... Serial No. 372,790.

To allv'whom 'it may concer/li.: A

Be it known that I, IDA M. BOND, a citizen r of the United States, residing at Forest Hill,

Essex county, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements 1n Corsets and Corset-Waists, o which the folllowing is a Jfull, clear, and exact description. Y My invention relates to improvementsin womens wearing apparel, and particularly to an improved corset or corset waist.

Theobjeet of the invention is to provide a simple and eiiicient abdominal supporter in combination with the corset or corset waist, the parts cooperating so that while the supporter will give a suitable contour to the figure, the corset portion can be readily adapted to the final Aadjustment of the abdominal supporting member.

In the accompanying drawingsfFigure 1 is a erspectiveview of my invention as applied) to the igure, with the iront part oi the corset thrown open Fig. 2 is a similar view, the supporter being cast on and the ligure of the wearer being omitted.

1 1 represent the two back members of the corset with the usual lacings 2. Connected to the back member are the front members .3 3 which may be rovided with vthe usual clasp fastenings, -a though other fastenings may be' substituted. At each side and between the front and back are slitted portions extending upwardly a suitable distance from the lower edge of the garment, and provided with adjusting lacings 4 4.

5 5, are flaps on opposite sides of the garment and secured thereto to the rear of the slits, in which the lacings 4 4 are provided.

6 is the abdominal pad proper, which may 4be made of any suitable material, preferably elastic, thisrv p ad being connected at one edge by the lacing 7 to oneoi the flaps, while the lacing 8 maybe detachablyconnected to'- studs or hooks 9, to ceniiect and disconnect the other edge of the body 6,' from the other flap 5.' The particular method of connect- 'ingtlie ilaps 5 5 to the body Gis, 'of course, immaterial, but it is preferably such that will enable the wearerV to not only properly adjustl the same to her particular 'iigure,'\but such as will also permit of a ready attach ment and detachment.

When the abdominal support has been put in place and properly adjusted (say as shown in Fig. 1) the front portions 3` S of the corset may be fastened together, whereupon by means of the lacings 4 4, the lower ends or" the front portion may be properly adjusted and accommodated to the shape of the abdo men after the supporter member has been adjusted. Thus, when Vonce adjusted. to any particular figure, the garment may be appliedand removed without urther readjustment.

It will be seen that the strain of the supporter is taken directly from the hips and the rear, and all strain thereot` is removed from the lacings 4 4. The iiaps 5 5, as well as the supporter, extend below the edge of the iront portion and that much of the garment as extends over the hips. The back ortion, therefore, extends well down on the -gnre so that no injurious strain is transmitted to the small of the back. 'The over-lying iront pieces prevent the supporter Jfrom working up, or from becoming wrinkled. They also Serve to cover and protect thev fastenings 7 8-9. By this particular arrangement, unsightly .bulging of the cuter garment is prevented.

In the parioular forni shown, the corset is of the waist type with extensions over the shoulder, but, cf course, my invention is e ually applicable whether the garment be oiEl the plain corset type or of the waist type.

What I claim is l. InV a corset, a body portion provided with adjustable extension means at the hips, and an abdominal pad secured to the inside of the body'poriion at the back and provided with .,clnsiic extension means at one side of' the center of the abdominal region for ad.- -justing saidextension, the -front of the body portion of the corset being adapted to be fas tened outside of and substantially covering theabdominal pad whereby the strain on the l lower front portion of the corset is relieved.. 2. In a corset, a body portion comprised of two halves adjustably connected together in back and provided with fastening means in front, means for adjustablyextending the pad in the abdominal region whereby the lowex edges of the two halves, an abdominal strain on the lower front portion of the eorpad having its rear ends secured to the inside set is relieved.

of the two rear halves of the body portion, IDA M. BOND. and means for adjustably extending said Witnesses: pad, the front of the body portion extending CLARA L. Bonson,-

down over and substantially covering said LANGDoN MOORE. 

